Bridle for brushes



(No Model.)

B. s. CHANDIYER.

BRIDLE F OR BRUSHES.

No. 246,865. Patented Sept. 13,1881.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Grates.

EDWIN S. CHANDLER, OF BENNINGTON CENTRE, VERMONT.

BRIDLE FOR BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,865, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

Application filed February 19, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. CHANDLER, of Bennington Centre, in thecounty of Bennington and State of Vermont, have invented certainImprovements in Brush -Bridles, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying single sheet of drawings, constitutes aspecification.

This invention relates to means for binding or confining the bristles ofnew brushessuch, forinstance, as paint-brushes-during the initial stagesof their use, so as to render them less limber, and at the same time soconfine the bristles that they will be worn into the most desirableshape for use.

This invention rests upon the following grounds, viz: a combination oftwo devices, both constructed from thin metallic plate, one of themconstituting a girdle for encircling the bristles, provided at itsrespective ends with tongues and slits as fastening devices, so madethat they can be tightly drawn up to fit variable sizes of brushes, andalso near its upper edge with slits or loops for the reception offastening devices of the other part, and such other part consisting of afastening-yoke for attachment to the brush-handle, having flexible sidestraps or tongues to take into the marginal slits or loops of thegirdle, and so made as to be adjustable to brushes of variable breadthsof wire or twine binding about the heads thereof, as is more fullyhereinafter described. I

Figure 1 of the drawings exhibits my invention as applied to an ordinarypaint or varnish brush. Fig. 2 is a plan view of that portion of myinvention which envelops the bristles, and which I designate as thebinder. Fig. 3 is a plan view of that part of my invention whichconnects the binder with the brush-handle, and which I call the yoke.Fig. 4. shows the manner of fastening the two ends of the binder aboutthe bristles. Fig. 5 shows the manner of connecting the yokewith thebinder.

Heretofore new brushes have been bridled with cord or twine,-and rigidmetallic clamps to slip over the bristles have in some instances beenused. In some cases binders have been made from tin or sheet-iron ofordinary thicknesses, which have been sprung around the bristles andconfined in various ways-as by hooks and eyes, for instance which hooksand (No model.)

eyes have been formed in or out of the material of said band; but thebinders employed in this invention differ from all these.

For my apparatus I use two pieces only-a binder for confining thebristles and a yoke for holding the binder in place on the brush. Thebinder is shown at G and the yoke at H. They are both made of sheetmetal of such degree of thinness that they can readily and easily bebent into any desired shape. This is an important feature of myinvention, as by this means I am enabled to bind the ends of thefastening tongues and straps back upon themselves after passing themthrough an eye or under a loop, or insert the free or tag end through aslit in the plate out of the way, so that they may not annoy the fingersof the operator or be in the way. By being made of such thin metal theirshape may be easily altered, or they may be trimmed with a pair ofscissors or a knife as the brush wears away, so that greater length ofbristle may be secured.

My binder G is made from thin, soft, or annealed metallic plate, cut insubstantially the form shown in the figure,with one or morefastening-straps, A, at one end thereof, and opposite each strap, at theother end, at least two transverse slits, B B, thus creating afastening- 1o0p,0, of the metal included between said slits. Twocorresponding longitudinal loops, F F, are in a similar manner formednear the top edge of binder G of a distance apart equal to thesemi-diameter of the brush-head to which they are designed to beapplied. Just behind the root of strap A is cut a single transverseslit, D, which is provided for the insertion of the free end of thestrap A after it is fastened through loop 0, when applied to a brush toget it out of the way.

The yoke H is simply a central disk having a hole, J, through its centerfor the passage of the brush-handle O, and having opposite flaps, K K,terminating in fastening-tongues M M. The flaps K K may be slitted, asat L L, for the insertion of the reflected end of the tongues M M afterthey are fastened to the binder, as hereinafter described; but this isnot essential.

The binder and yoke are used as follows: The binder is first wrappedaround the upper part of the bristles,with the loops F F next to thebrush-head. Strap A is passed through slits B B under loop 0, as seen inFigs. 1 and 4, and the end of the same bent back upon itself and tuckedthrough slit D, having first been drawn up as tightly as deemednecessary. The yoke H is then dropped over the end of handle 0, the samefinding position in orifice J provided therefor. Flaps K K are then bentdown across the top corner of the head of the brush, and binderG isadjusted so that tongues M M shall fall opposite loops F F. Said tonguesare then passed through slits E E under loops F F, respectively, and aredoubled back upon themselves and the end of each tucked through the slitL out of sightand out of the way. Each of the fastenings may beflattened down smooth, and when done the whole constitutes a snug, tidy,and substan tial bridle.

By drawing the binder up close upon the bristles and adjusting the topedge thereof closely to the binding of the head of the brush, allleakage of the brush on overhead Work may be effectually prevented.

These yokes and binders are designed to be supplied at a price so lowthat the expense of their use will be almost inappreciable, beingconsiderably less than a cent for each brush. They are so made that theymaybe used again,

if desirable, and their adjustment may be regulated by the painter ashis work demands.

The binder may be heldin placeby the yoke described, or by any othersuitable means, and vice Versa.

I claim as new The described apparatus for bridlin g brushes, consistingof a thin flexible metallic girdle for confining the bristles, providedat the ends thereof with a tongue and slit, and also with slits or loopsin the body thereof for reception of the yoke-straps, as described, incombination with a centrally-perforated thin metallic yoke having twoopposite fastening-straps for attachment to the girdle or binder bymeans of the aforesaid loops or slitsin the body thereof, suchyoke-straps and girdle loops or slits being constructed, arranged, andcombined so as to render them susceptible of universal adjustment upondifferently-wound brushes, substantially as described and set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this 8th day ofFebruary, A. D. 1881.

EDWIN S. CHANDLER.

In presence of FRANKLIN Scorer, CHAS. S. BEACH.

